EVERY President of the 21st Century has been considered illegitimate by many, starting with the 2000 Election.
I don't know of ANY President of the 20th Century who was considered illegitimate. Disliked, or even hated by some, but not illegitimate.
The country was already 25% mail-in voting prior to the 2020 Election, including 5 States that were 100% mail in, and a lot of States, like Florida and Arizona that were around 30% mail-in. So, not trusting mail-ins is a 2020 addition to the reasons for not trusting the results.
The same voting machines were being used in 2016 as now, so that's another 2020 addition to the reasons for not trusting the results.
Make of it what you will!
There is a BIG difference between the old mail in voting rules and the new ones.
This election, In California, we were sent several ballots to be used for voting.
4 Dem ballots in my husband's name, 3 Dem ballots in our daughter's name, and she was sent 3 more to her current address. And we received 2 Dem ballots for the previous owners of this house, who haven't lived here for 6 years.
Oh yeah, I got ONE Republican ballot sent to me. So we received TWELVE Demo ballots that could be filled out to send back in.
It has NEVER been like that before.
My 90 yr old mom has mild alzheimers. She lives in an assisted living centre. She told me that she voted. I said that is great. But I know she is on lockdown.
I asked how it worked. Did she get the mail and fill it out ? NOOOOOOO---she innocently said that she does not know how it worked. But one of the aides, that she HAS NEVER MET BEFORE, passed it under the door for her and asked her to sign it. She said she had to fill it out and for him to come back. He told her he had to verify her signature first, so she just signed it and passed it back to him.
SHE NEVER HEARD FROM HIM AGAIN.
She thought he was just too busy and forgot....
I bet they did that to the 200 residents as well.